Abuja teacher to spend rest of life in prison for raping 9-year-old boy

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has sentenced a 19-year-old teacher, Abdullahi Abbass, working in one of the foremost schools located in Kwali, Abuja, to life imprisonment without the option of a fine for sodomising a 9-year-old male pupil.

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), in a statement issued by its National Press Officer, Vincent Adekoye, on Saturday, said the judgment was delivered by Justice M. Osho–Adebiyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja.

The agency said the convict, who worked in a private school in the Kwali Area Council, lured the victim after school hours on March 19, 2025, and raped him through the anus.

“The convict was the class teacher of the victim. On the 19th March 2025, after school hours, he sent another pupil to call the victim from their home. He thereafter took the victim down the street where he lived and raped the male victim through the anus,” the statement read in part.

The agency said, “This is a landmark judgment that carries the commensurable punishment for the offender. This will serve as a deterrent, and his name shall feature prominently in our Sex Offenders Register.

“I wish to say that the speedy investigation and arraignment of the convict is a testimony to our renewed commitment and determination to tackle the incidence of domestic violence, rape, and other forms of sexual abuse in the country.

NAPTIP also praised the Nigerian Police for its collaboration and reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to tackling rape and other forms of sexual violence across the country.